Locomotive tank bracket



March 24, 1925.

M. B. MAHONEY LOCOMOTIVE TANK BRACKET Filed May 7. 1924 f Inventor'- fiJrgr Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED smear moot forms TANK BRACKET.

Application filed. May '7, 1924.. Serial No. 711,733.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL B. MA HONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Locomotive Tank Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

This invention relates to means for securing a water-tank upon the truck-frame of a locomotive tender or the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a more effective and durable fastening means for holding the tank in. fixed position upon the truck-frame of the tender.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a vertical crosssection taken through a lower corner portion of the tank, the underlying portion of the truck-frame and the fastening means embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the fastening means.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 is a tank-supporting member which may be part of the truck-frame of a locomotive tender,

the frame and tank being shown brokenaway in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tank, 2, rests upon the frame, 1, the tank being reinforced at its lower corner by means of an interior angle-plate, 3.

a My fastening mechanism comprises a socket-member, and a wedge-shaped keymember, 5.

The socket-member, 4, is downwardly tapered as shown in Fig. 2, and has side flanges, 4 formed with downwardly convergent grooves, 4

The key-member, 5, is similarly downwardly tapered as shown in Fig. 2, being adapted to wedge tightly in the oppositely disposed grooves, 4'.

The socket-member, 4, is secured to a side wall of the tank, 2, by rivets, 6, a bottom row of said rivets, 6*, extending through the vertical member of the angle-plate, 3.

The horizontal member of the angle-plate, 3, is secured by rivets, 7, to the bottom of the tank, 2. Y

The wedge-shaped key-plate, 5, has on its lower end a lug, 8, projecting outwardly from between the flanges, 4, on the socketmember, a; and a bolt, 9, extends through an opening in said lug and an opening in the frame-member, 1, serving to secure together said lug and the frame-member.

In securing the tank upon the truckframe, the tank is placed in position on the frame and the wedge-shaped member, 5, is drawn down by means of the bolt, 9, until it is firmly seated or wedged within the socket, 4, thus serving to maintain the tank in fixed relation to the truck-frame.

The back wall of the socket-member, 4, is of an area to provide for numerous apertures for rivets, 6, causing the strain of the rivet connections to be distributed over a considerable area of the side wall of the tank.

The construction is further strengthened and reinforced by the row of rivets, 6, whereby the side wall is riveted between the back wall of the socket-member, 4t, and the angle-plate, 3.

My improved construction is easily applied and secured in position, and the strain is so distributed from the bolt connection, 9, to the tank wall, that there is little tendency to break the lug, 8, through which the bolt, 9, passes.

I have shown and described only one socket member, 4, and one wedge member, 5, but it will be understood that as many of these members as desired may be employed at suitable places along the sides of the tank.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a truck-frame; of a tank mounted on said frame; a socket-member having a back-wall secured to a side-wall of the tank, and side flanges formed with downwardly convergent grooves; a plate downwardly tapered to engage said grooves, and having its lower end outwardly offset from between said side flanges; and a bolt connection between said offset end of said plate and said truck-frame.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a truck-frame; of a tank mounted on said frame; a socket-member having a back-wall secured to a sidewall of the tank, and side flanges formed with downwardly convergent grooves; a plate downwardly tapered to engage said grooves, and having its lower end outwardly offset from between said side flanges; a bolt connection between said ofiset end of said plate and said truck-frame; and an angle iron within the tank secured-to the bottom thereof, and secured to the side thereof by a rivet extending through the back wall of the socket-member and the interposed side Wall of the tank.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of April, 1924-. MICHAEL B. MAHONEY. 

